Washington DC, Sept. 30 -- Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and author Lakshmi M Puri is elated as her book 'Swallowing the Sun', which attempts to showcase women empowerment and based on the backdrop of the Indepence struggle, is being adapted into a series.

"This novel is based on woman empowerment. It is about women who break all limits and turn the impossible into possible... This is historic as it is on the backdrop of Indian freedom struggle. It inspires the youth to level up themselves as well as the society as we have adopted a vision of Viksit Bharat," she said.

Puri added that history has always hailed the male freedom fighters, even though women contributed equally to it.

"The novel also attempts to bring to fore the un...